LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE
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UK
New UK data centre and colocation provider , SilverEdge DC , has launched with its first centre in Swindon . SilverEdge is in the process of building a data centre portfolio in strategic Edge locations around major UK business hubs . Swindon has been chosen as SilverEdge ’ s first centre due to its favourable location in the M4 corridor , which is close London and home to a large number of tech companies .
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SWEDEN
GEP , a leading provider of procurement and supply chain strategy , software and managed services , has announced that Stockholm Exergi , the largest supplier of district heating ( heat , cooling and electricity combined ) in Sweden , has selected GEP SMARTTM , an industry leading procurement software platform . Stockholm Exergi will use GEP SMART to improve visibility into its enterprisewide spend and drive greater value to customers , shareholders and the environment .
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NETHERLANDS
As the largest drinking water company in the Netherlands , Vitens needs to keep its business flowing . Years ago , the innovative company began leveraging Citrix Workspace , the foundation of Citrix Systems , digital work platform , to ensure its employees have secure , reliable access to the systems and applications they need to deliver healthy , sustainable water . Today , it ’ s moving to the cloud to gain the speed and agility needed to respond to rapidly changing business needs and accelerate its performance .
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FRANCE
EDF , Thales and Ericsson have partnered on CONNECT , a project to bring secure cellular connectivity to all of EDF ’ s nuclear energy sites in France . Thales , a leader in network design and operation , is deploying secure communications services while also guaranteeing the overall system integration and secure networking . Ericsson is providing innovative 4G private network solutions as well as the core network , to ensure high-performance connectivity , resilience and security .
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